, 1887-06-15
KILOGRAMS.
WH1TAKER's AIMANACK.
ST. CROIX STATION.

avn NhO H. AZ AsH5,
broken out in the sugar refinery of
Havemeyer and Co. of Brooklyn and is
still burning.
In the House of Commons the Rt. Hon.
w. ii. Smith proposed the final reporting
OF the Grimes Bill on the 18th instant, as
four months Of the session had been wasted
by obstruction, and the majority of the
House insisted on tTanSacting the business
Of the country.
Mr.. Gladstone resisted the proposal,
declaring that the delay was not due
to obstruction, but to the Government
themselves. Mr.. Parnell moved an amend.
ment, but the original motion was finally
passed under the closure.
Professors Seeley Jebb, and Clarke of
Cambridge have congratulated the Marquis
of Harrington and other UniOnists for
resisting the efforts to disgrace Parlia-
mpnt.
The Marquis of Salisbury yesterday pre-
scented i'll the House of Lords the Egyptian
convention, by the terms Of which England
will evacuate Egypt at the expiration of
three years, retaining the right to appoint
officers to the native troops during a peri.
oil of five years, and also to send troops TO
Egypt during external or internal troubles.
The ratification of the convention by the
Great Powers is necessary,
The completion is announced Of the Tay
Bridge.
New York, June 13th.-The loss by the
recent fire at the Havemeyer sugar refinery,
Brooklyn, is stated at 81, 900, 900.
The Sublime Porte has asked the Mar
quis of Salisbury to relax the clause of the
convention: permitting England to send
troops to Egypt during any trouble. The
request, however, has been refused.
1t is stated that Malbert Delpit, a mem.
Der of the staff of the Paris Figaro, has
been expelled from Alsace.
M. Clemenceau has fought a bloodless
duel with pistols with NJ. Foucher, the
editor of the "NationaP.
Dispatches from Touquin bring alarm
ing news of the ravages of cholera. The
French resident, M. Rihaud, has been at
tackled.
The French sugar bill provides for an
additional tax on sugar for consumption,
and also a further tax on roots, thus caus-
ing a small decrease in the bounty.
During the debate in the Chamber of
Deputies on the Army bill, M. Keller OPP.
posed the two years service system. Gene
raj Ferron maintained that the present Law
was first of all a law for national defence.
A vote of urgency was moved, which left
the decision with the Chamber. NJ.
Clemenceau reproached M. Rouvier with
having a secret understanding with the
Right, but M. Rouvier declined to answer
the charge. The motion of urgency was
voted. The votes being 50 to 1876, and
the discussion of the bill was ordered.
His Holiness the Pope has written q
congratulatory letter to Her Majesty Queen
Victoria on her Jubilee. Her Majesty will
wear all the insigni@of wate after entering
Westminster Abbey. -
Berlin news states that fears are enter
tanned that the condition of the Grown
Prince is serious, a depressing effect has
been introduced on the Bourses In con
sequence of unfavorable reports respecting
the health of the Kaiser.
The German sugar bill proposes TO re-
duce the bounties from Thirty-ive shil-
lings to under a pound, but it is doubtful
that the bill will pass unless the session
be prolonged.
Ii is reported that %. 1000 Mebs in
Hungary have been inundated.